Astrocytes: A cellular player in Aβ clearance and degradation

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 279-280

  Guénette, Suzanne Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROTECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 10744227344     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(03)00112-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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